Steven Crandell: The Berlin Nuclear Challenge

Senator Barack Obama spoke these words in Berlin: This is the moment when we must renew the goal of a world without nuclear weapons. The two superpowers that faced each other across the wall of this city came too close too often to destroying all we have built and all that we love. With that wall gone, we need not stand idly by and watch the further spread of the deadly atom. It is time to secure all loose nuclear materials; to stop the spread of nuclear weapons; and to reduce the arsenals from another era. This is the moment to begin the work of seeking the peace of a world without nuclear weapons." Big words. Bold words. But will we look back and see them as historic or just more campaign rhetoric? The big (and bold) question is -- will the words turn into action? If Sen. Obama is elected, could we expect a change in US... [read full story]